"What's
in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell
as sweet." -- From Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)

America
and Communism. For most of us those are two words that just don’t
seem to go together. We all saw the Berlin Wall fall and crumbling
with it onto the ash-heap of history was Communism, the brain child
of God-hating Karl Marx. “Communism is dead” we have been assured
and anyone who tries to present evidence of the false burial is engaging
in a much more dangerous ideology, the sin of McCarthyism.
In today’s politically correct environment the label of “McCarthyite”
has become synonymous with racist, bigot, and homophobe. The facts
show, however, that McCarthy
was right. Those facts have become an inconvenient Truth, though,
haven't they?

But
in some of my recent research I have been struck by a strong resemblance
to the beliefs of Communism and the beliefs of those who are currently
striving for leadership in America. Now don’t get me wrong, I know
Communism is dead because the media has told me so! But, as the old
saying goes, “if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must
be a duck.”

Let
me clear the air. I am not a Republican and I am not a conservative.
The last thing I want is for people to think that I want to “conserve”
this mess I currently see in America! No, I am aligned with no political
party. To steal a line from Founding Father Benjamin
Rush, I am a Christocrat. My allegiance is to Jesus.

The
way I see it, neither major political party defends the Constitution.
They talk about it when it suits their agenda, but neither party desires
to follow it. The leadership of today’s major parties are two thumbs
in the same eye.

Some
in my family are staunch Democrats and many of my friends self-identify
as Republicans, yet, for the most part they share the same values.
Each tends to cast a vote based on “pet” issues, usually economical
in nature. To be truthful, I am saddened to admit that most of my
friends and family really have no idea what is happening in this country.
Their loyalty to their “party” has very little basis in what beliefs
they hold. They have been convinced that if “their party” gets in
power everything will be fine. You see how small the government has
become under the Republicans, don’t you? Wasn’t it liberal
Bill Clinton who said, “The era of big-government is over?” Is it
over?

Words
mean things and I am always amazed at how subtle the changes in language
are. For instance, what was once known as “mainstream Christianity”
has now become fundamentalist,
and what was once known as “liberal” has become progressive.
Funny isn’t, that we hear a lot about “fundamental extremists” but
rarely hear of “progressive extremists”? Who is in charge of giving
meaning to words? That guy has a lot of power!

So,
I guess from the definitions I just gave you, I would have to categorize
myself as a fundamentalist. I am not ashamed of it and I am not afraid
to say it. I believe in the God of the Bible and His sovereignty over
man. But why is it everyone else wants to hide behind labels? Liberals
(which, by the way, I think I hold many liberal positions such
as: I am liberal for a baby’s right to choose to live, I am liberal
in a person’s right to carry a gun, I am liberal in a parent’s right
to choose the type of education he would like for his child, and I
am liberal in a person’s right not to have to accept things that are
anathema to his conscience…), don’t like to be called that any
more. They want to be called “progressive.” I think “Secular Progressives”
is the term Bill O’Reilly uses.

But
see, that is part of the bait-and-switch that the wordsmiths constantly
use. Just when we all figure out what a “liberal” and a “conservative”
are, they change the words to try and stay one step ahead of the posse.
Being a liberal will not sell well in red-state America, (by the
way, shouldn’t Republican states be blue and Democrat states red?)
so instead they (quack-quack) call themselves “progressives,”
as if that were some kind of new political thought. And a “compassionate
conservative” is nothing more than a softer name for the old term
“liberal.” Those in the rank and file of both parties still identify
themselves by the old terms. They think Democrats are “liberals” and
“conservatives” are Republicans. They have not kept up with the ever-changing
vocabulary of politics. But, the party leadership understands the
game very well.

But
here is my point, after you read the list ask yourself two questions.
How successful have the Communists been in attaining their goal? How
many of these goals would today’s “Progressives” disagree with? In
case you didn’t take the time to read the list, allow me to point
out a few worth noting:

11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter
is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government
with its own independent armed forces.

15. Capture one, or both, of the political parties in the United
States.

16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American
institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.

17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts
for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum.
Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.

20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments,
editorial writing, policymaking positions.

21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.

24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship"
and a violation of free speech and free press.

25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography
and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and
TV.

27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with
"social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need
for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."

28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the
schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation
of church and state."

29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate,
old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation
between nations on a worldwide basis.

30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them
as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."

36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.

38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social
agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders
which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].

40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity
and easy divorce.

Isn’t
it time we started calling a duck a duck? Progressives promote Communism.
They hate to be called Communists because they know that baby-boomers
would never vote for a Communist. So they are progressives. Think
the average Joe knows what that means? Calling a Communist a progressive
is like calling Al Sharpton a Reverend.

Look
at this list of the Congressional
Progressive Caucus, a group of 65 Democratic members of the House
of Representatives. They all support the Communist agenda.

But
let’s not stop there. What about the “compassionate conservatives”?
How many of them aggressively oppose those same Communist goals? How
many of the Republican candidates will run on a platform in opposition
to those goals? How many of them follow the Constitution? How many
of them will call “progressives” Communists? No, they are too busy
“reaching across the aisle” making deals with our domestic enemies.

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If
you are still voting the party line, then you are the problem.
The Communists run the schools, media, universities, seminaries, labor
unions, and the government. When you put them in power you hand them
your own noose. They are not “progressives,” they are Communists.
Let’s start calling them what they are.

Communism
is not dead. The Communists run America. How do I know? Look at how
they walk, watch what they do, and listen to what they say. They told
us what they were going to do.

Coach Dave Daubenmire, founder and President
of Pass The Salt Ministries www.ptsalt.com
and Minutemen United www.minutemenunited.org,
is host of the high octane Pass The Salt radio show heard in Columbus,
Ohio.

In 1999 Coach Daubenmire was sued by the ACLU
for praying with his teams while coaching high school in Ohio. He now
spends his energy fighting for Christian principles in the public domain.

If
you are still voting the party line, then you are the problem.
The Communists run the schools, media, universities, seminaries, labor
unions, and the government. When you put them in power you hand them your
own noose.